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UNINA9910154640403321 |
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Autore |
McEleney Corey |
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Titolo |
Futile pleasures : early modern literature and the limits of utility / / Corey McEleney |
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New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-7270-2 |
0-8232-7267-2 |
0-8232-7269-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and society - England - History - 17th century |
Literature and society - England - History - 16th century |
Senses and sensation in literature |
Pleasure in literature |
English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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This edition previously issued in print: 2017. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Machine generated contents note: -- Futilitarianism: An Introduction -- 1. Pleasure without Profit -- 2. Bonfire of the Vanities -- 3. Art for Nothing's Sake -- 4. Spenser's Unhappy Ends -- 5. Beyond Sublimation -- Coda: Less Matter, More Art -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Examines the ambivalent role that pleasure plays in early modern English writers' attempts to defend the utility of literature. Traces how that ambivalence gets replayed in modern critical frameworks as well as debates about the value of the humanities and liberal arts"-- |
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